Again, not understanding the meaning of the words, "And God ended [4594] on the sixth day His works which He had made, and ceased [4595] on the seventh day from all His works which He had made: and God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because on it He had ceased [4596] from all His works which He had begun to make;" [4597] and imagining the expression, "He ceased on the seventh day," to be the same as this, "He rested [4598] on the seventh day," he makes the remark: "After this, indeed, he is weary, like a very bad workman, who stands in need of rest to refresh himself!" For he knows nothing of the day of the Sabbath and rest of God, which follows the completion of the world's creation, and which lasts during the duration of the world, and in which all those will keep festival with God who have done all their works in their six days, and who, because they have omitted none of their duties, [4599] will ascend to the contemplation (of celestial things), and to the assembly of righteous and blessed beings.
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